Corrections and clarifications

In an article headed Number of jobseekers has doubled in six months (19 February, page 8) we said productivity bonuses for permanent secretaries could run to between £50,000 and £100,000. The Cabinet Office points out that the maximum bonus payable in 2007-08 was £20,000, and the average payment was £13,500.

A report about help provided by local authorities to benefit claimants with mental health problems was accompanied by a miscaptioned photograph. The woman pictured with a case worker was Beverley Lloyd, not Fiona Graham. Beverley Lloyd, who did not feature in the report, is receiving help for physical, not mental, health problems (Back in the saddle, 18 February, page 5, Mental health supplement).

The actor who has played both Tony Blair and David Frost is Michael, not Martin, Sheen. We mentioned Patricia Hodgson among those who have played Margaret Thatcher; we meant Patricia Hodge (The lady's not for turning off, 17 February, page 5).

VJ Day, when victory was declared against Japan in the second world war, was 15 August 1945, not 1946 as we had it in Guard's birthday cards to ex-PoW, 18 February, page 14.

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